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Yesterday I was feeling all down and all sorry for myself like a whiny little baby. Today I woke up to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV and while I'm typically not into shopping-mall sponsored holiday events, the spectacle struck a nerve. I realized that nothing (especially one City Weekly issue) is worth getting worked up about, at least not to the extent that it puts me in a blue mood for the rest of the evening.Today, and hopefully from here on out, I'm going to focus on what I'm thankful for, including the chance to write about music for a living and to constantly be exposed to great local talent. Here's to a great SLAMMYs experience.Accentuate the positive, right? Happy Turkey/Tofurkey Day everyone! (Jamie Gadette)
[Music] Home for the holiday? You're done with the familial obligation; now it's you time. Here's your electro-pop, chick-rock, drag queen, punk-show-filled weekend.
Thursday 11.22
Trapp Door (615 W. 100 South)
Thanksgiving night's foremost party, "Dance Evolution" is packed wall to wall with the uni-sexiest mix of culture you didn't know we had. This is the place to escape and dance your trypto-fanny off. DJ/DC spins the hottest jams of urban electro-pop with hosts Jake and Justice commencing your unanticipated weekend. Door at 9 p.m., $5 cover. BUT, if you don "oldy-timey" costume for this Inuit v. Pilgrim party, your admission is free.
Friday 11.23
Monk's (19 E. 200 South)
Is live chick-rock your thing? Head to this bomb shelter-turned-venue for a sweet Salt Lake City treat. Ever-elusive regional beloved Andale! graces the stage with front siren Memorie Morrison’s melodic tales of anxiety and job resentment. Opener Blackhole is … how do you say in Utah? … AWESOME. Door at 10 p.m., $5 cover.
Mynt Lounge, (63 W. 100 South)
For you who crave a more extra-ordinary edge, Crush is the club. Native "Glamor Tycoon" Matthew Landis hosts this see-and-be-scene. Local legend D.J. Nick James will be announcing plans for the super exclusive speakeasy "Night at the Disco." No one throws down underground N.Y. retro-ultra-beats like Nick. My sources tell me there will be a super-secret international celeb-utante threatening a mid-night show. Door at 10 p.m., $5 cover.
Saturday 11.24
Burt's Tiki Lounge (726 S. State)
If PBR specials, hot girls and dirty boys are what you seek. Headlining an all-star slam fest week-ender, local punk sensation Negative Charge takes you to a jolting climax. Door at 10 p.m., $5 cover. (Princess Kennedy)
[Holiday Spirit] Now that the election is behind us, it's time to look for ways to repair our societal rifts. Yes, we're glad Becker won and vouchers didn't, but Buhlerites may not have been totally crazy and--who knows?--there may be some areas of life in which voucher supporters are not altogether evil and deluded (although they are somewhat condescending and some of them seem strangely smug considering they lost).
So let's all move on and let the healing begin. Now, with healing--as with every other endeavor--booze and food are key: Thanksgiving is around the corner, and it's time once again to think about whether this, finally, could be the year to try the recipe for "black turkey" that Robert Benchley wrote up so many years ago.
This is the recipe that comes complete with instructions for which cocktails the cook ought to be drinking during various points in the process. You start out with a ramos fizz* and go from there. (As Benchley wrote, "Newcomers to black turkey will think you are demented and drunk on your butt, which, if you've followed instructions, you are.") Benchley's comments about what to tell the "poultryman" are somewhat out-of-date (who the hell gets to talk to the men and women who cut up turkeys for a living?)--and today's genetically enhanced, big-breasted turkeys are monstrous in comparison with the turkeys in his day. But it seems a nice, fresh (not frozen), medium-to-large organic bird would work well.
From what I've heard, the resulting blackened turkey is delicious. And it's one of the few recipes that are actually entertaining to read.
--Brandon Burt
* I know what you're thinking--a cocktail containing egg white does sound like it could double as an emetic--but the ramos fizz is a tasty little beverage. The egg white just makes it foamy, kind of like an orange julius. No, you wouldn't sip it on the patio on the 4th of July, but it's not the 4th of July, is it? It's Thanksgiving! Try it, try it!
Yesterday I was feeling all down and all sorry for myself like a whiny little baby. Today I woke up to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV and while I'm typically not into shopping-mall sponsored holiday events, the spectacle struck a nerve. I realized that nothing (especially one City Weekly issue) is worth getting worked up about, at least not to the extent that it puts me in a blue mood for the rest of the evening.
